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New Markets

Companies looking to grow new markets have unique challenges. Partly this has to do with stepping into the unknown. But another part has to do with learning how to look at things in a new way.

Our services for new markets includes:

Advising on IR&D and assisting in market research
Designing messaging that makes your work relevant to new markets
Developing go-to-market plans and leading new sales
Managing complex scenarios like taking COTS into government
Helping to ensure that the product and the team are ready

Whether you are developing a new product or adapting a product for a new market, we can help you to make decisions based on data, opportunity, and market culture. We've helped F500s to evaluate new opportunities in difficult-to-enter verticals such as gov and edu. And we've helped small companies pivot their offerings into new markets.

We also believe in using the resources and capabilities of industry to catalyze solutions to "big problems". Read about our work on behalf of HP, Inc. and Intel Corporation as part of the Education Data Roundtable at the Global Partnership for Education.

And feel free to contact us. We look forward to talking.

Non-Profits

Sustainability is key for a new non-profit. While traditional fundraising will always have a role, increasingly NPOs are looking to augment their resources through novel means. That's where we come in.

There are several ways that we can help both startup and seasoned NPOs — including by providing:

Strategic fundraising advice
Options for generating novel revenue streams
Networks with which to engage in rich partnerships
A sounding board for executive directors and leadership teams
A voice that can be of assistance in the board room and in the community

NPOs are in a unique situation in that their value is so closely tied to mission. While keeping laser-focused on mission, we want to help non-profits to expand their view of what it means to create a sustainable org. We've helped develop new organizations from the ground up and have worked to create new innovations expanding the reach of existing orgs.

Within the scope of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, we've helped to startup up new revenue-generating programs — including the conference program of the International Consortium for Innovation and Collaboration in Learning Engineering.

We'd love for you to contact us.

Federally Funded Research

There are innumerable ways to leverage the resources and capabilities of the US federal research community. We've spent much of the last decade building professional networks and delivering value in this world.

We bring our full experience to attaining federal funding and:

Will assist in identifying SBIR opportunities and contract vehicles
Will help to adapt academic and COTS messaging for a fed audience
Will help find the right partners and prospects inside of government
Can assist in the preparation of proposals and documentation
Can align longer term strategy and dual-use commercialization plans

This is an excellent time for companies with dual-use capabilities (relevant both to government and industry). The US federal gov represents a whole universe of opportunities for innovation. Whether you are a startup looking to win non-dilutive SBIR funding or to leverage the tech-transfer capabilities of US R&D labs, we can help you to navigate the process.

In our work with Yet Analytics, we've learned how to maneuver through the funding process — including through both SBIR I and II opportunities with AFWERX and the Air Force Research Laboratory. We've also worked in the I-Corps program at the NSF, where we served as a mentor. And we've worked directly on research through both BAA and subK contracts.

Please contact us. We'll get back to you quickly.

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